Fountain scrubbing brush



J. HORVATH.

FOUNTAIN SCRUBBING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22,192].

Patented M 1922.

mummy JOSEPH I-IO RVATH, O1? CLEVELAND, OHIO.

To all 20. mm it may concern: Be it 1;; own that l, Josnrn Honvarn, a citizen of Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyaho'ga and State of Ohio, have Improvements Brushes cation. a v

This inventionrelates to certain new and useful improvements in fountain scrubbing brushes designed to be eifectivelyemployed for the cleaning of floors of stables and garas well as floors of dwellings. The primary object'oi thel'invention to ovide a scrubbing brush of the fountain type wherein provision is made for eiiectiveiy ly holding a brush head whereby the latter may be renewed from time'to time a found necessary without incurring the exp-nse of procuring a complete scrubbing outfit. v

in Fountain Scrubbin b vidc a-fountain brush comprising a sectional brush'nead holder in which the sections are yieldingly forced to engage and hold the brush head with water space between the holder and the head and provided with means for connection with a source of fluid supply where-by such fluid will be led to the soace between the holder and the brush head for flowing through numerous openings in said brush head.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and in which like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the views.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a .rear elevational view of one form of fountain brush constructed in ac cordance with the present invention with the handle broken away,

Figure 2 is a top plan view, partly broken away, of the device shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken upon line III-III of Figure l and with the brush head holder shown releasedin dotted. lines, and

Figure l is a view somewhat similar to Figure 2 of a modified form of the invention.

Referring more in detail to the several Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 22, 1921.

invented certain new-and useiul of which the following is a specifior" an inverted gitudinal halt sections together treat 9 by with shoulders as at ll .riijiother object of the invention is to pro-- roonrain SCRUBBING BRUSH.

Patented Aug. :i, 1922. Serial no. 524,073.

views them resent invention embodies a brush head involving a back member 5 with br stles 6-su1tably fined thereto in any well known manner'and provided with numerous transverse perforations 7 between the busties for the passage of wateror other fluid therethrough in the usual and well known manner. r

The holder for the brush head 5 consists pan-shaped member preferably constructed of sheet metal in two 1011- 8 which are hinged means of spring hinges WJGIQby the sections are normally held op"- eratively disposedto engage the'edge of the brush head 5. These'ction's 8 maybe provided with resilient catc'heslO to engage under themargin'of the b'rush head 5 for holding the latter in the mouth of the brush head holder, and theseetion's '8 are also provided to limit the movemen't oi ythe heado thereinto so that the water'space I2 'is' provided between, the

holder and head as shown clearly in Figure 3, which chamberor space is above the brush head 5 and in communication with the numerous openings 7. i in the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 33- inclusive, the holder and brush head are shaped as is usual with stable and yard brushes which are provided with handles midway between the ends of the same, which handle is designated in the drawing as at 12. In order to provide for the supply of fluid to the chamber 12, the lower end ot' the handle 12 is provided with a longitudinal socket or bore 13 communicating with a laterally extending supply pipe 1 ladapted as at 15 at its outer end for connection with a flexible conduit or hose and having a c0n trol valve 16 for an obvious purpose. As shown, the handle 12 is fastened to one of the sections 8 in any suitable manner.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 1-, the construction is substantially the same in that the holder comprises a pair of longitudinal half gether with spring hinges as at 9 and provided with a supply pipe 14 having a control valve 16 and formed at its outer end as at 15 for connection with a flexible conduit holds and involving no handle. For this sections 8 hinged toqportion and the pipe reason the device is shaped to be readily by a persons hand at the central 14K is directly connected to one of the sections 8' of the holder.

' From the foregoing descriptiony it will be seen that the fluid supplied through the feed grasped pipe M or 146' will enter the chamber Within removed by springing thesections 8 or 8 out of engagement with the brush head as shown by dotted hnes in Figure 3 so that when the new brush head is placed in pos1-' tion, it will be engaged upon release or said sections and effectively held in operative po-' sition.

It is. believed that the construction and operation as well as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art from the foregoing description.- I

ldinorchanges may be made without devention as claimed. H

' l Vhat isclaimed as new is:

l. A fountain scrubbing brush of the class described comprising'a brush head having parting from the spirit and scope of the inbristles and provided with transverse openings, and a cup-shaped holder having its marginal rim engaging the edge of said brush head, with the body of the holder is Lean ive spaced therefrom to provide a chamber, said holder comprising a pair of longitudinal half sections hinged together and normally spring pressed into engagement with said head, one of said sections being provided with means through which fluid may be introduced into "he chamber. I

2. A brush head holder for constructing fountain scrubbing brushes including a cupshaped brush head holder formed of two longitudinal half sections hingedly connected by means of spring hinges normally urging the sections in a direction olampingly engaging a brush head, said sections being provided with shoulders to limit the movement of the brush head thereinto whereby a fluid chamber is, provided bet-ween the body of the holder and the brush head, and fluid inlet means to the said fluid chamber.

3, A. brush head holderfor constructing fountain scrubbing brushes including a cupshaped brush head holder formed of two longitudinal half sections hingedly connected by means of spring hinges normally urging the sections in a direction clamp'ingly engaging a brush head, said sections being provided w th shoulders to limit the movement of the brush headthereinto whereby a fluid chain beris provided between the sections in the brush head, a handle carried by one of said sections and a supply pipe connected with the handle and communicating through the lower end oi the latter with said chamber.

in testimony whereof I ailiX my signature.

JOSEPH HORVATl-I. 

